Currycomb.



PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907.

P. I. FAUGHNAN.

GURRYGOMB.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12. 1907.

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PATRICK J. FAUGHNAN, OF LOCUST GAP, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURRYC OMB Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

Application filed April 12, 1907. Serial No. 367.832.

Tofal ,Qwhom t'tlmay concemf Be it known that I, PATRICK J. FAUGH- NAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Locust Gap, in the county of N orthumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Currycomb, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in that type of curry-combs which are provided with devices adapted for removinghair, dirt, and dandrufi from the teeth of the curry-comb, such devices being operated when the comb is knocked on a bar, board, or other duly solid or resisting medium.

The improvement is embodied in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, the

same being illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved curry-comb inverted. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the same plane as Fig. 2, but showing the cleaning devices in the raised position on the toothed plates. Fig. 4 is a section in a plane at right angles to the sections shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the parts of the cleaning devices disassociated, or separated.

The back plate 1 of the curry-comb is provided with a handle 2, and U-shape toothed plates 3 are riveted to the back, as shown in Figs. 1-4. As respects these parts there is no novelty. The cleaning devices 4 are ap-. plied to the several toothed plates 3 and adapted to slide thereon from and toward the back 1. Said devices comprise two elongated plates, or metal strips, as shown best in Fig. 5, the same being held or spaced apart by thin blocks 4 inserted between their ends, the securing rivets passing through the blocks as well as the ends of the strips. As indicated in Figs. 1 and 4, the space between the plates or strips is sufiicient to receive a toothed plate 3 and allow the cleaning device to slide freely thereon. In the normal position shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, the cleaning devices leave the teeth of the plate 3 exposed,

. but said devices are adapted to be moved outward, or away from the back, as shown in Fig. 3, by which operation they remove hair, dirt, or dandruff from the teeth. To effect such movement I employ the following means. Two wire springs 5 are attached at their ends to the end portions of the back, 1,

of the curry-comb and pass through openings provided in the ends of the cleaning devices 4. Each of these rods is constructed of spring material and is bent twice at a right angle. Staples 6 are applied to the rods near their ends and serve to hold the body of the rods normally parallel to the back 1, in which position the cleaning devices 4 are held retracted, as in Figs. 1, 2, 4. A slidable cam 7 is employed for acting on the middle portions of the rods 5, and thereby raising the clean ing devices 4, as shown in Fig. 3. The cam 7 is preferably constructed of sheet metal, the body of the same being a narrow strip passing between the two middle teeth of the comb and provided with a lengthwise slot 7 through which passes a rivet 8 that serves to hold the cam flat against the back of the comb, but permits it to slide a certain distance. Each end of the cam is practically T-shaped and the wings or side portions are provided with teeth 9 which constitute the cams proper. As shown in Figs. 2, 3, the teeth have practically the shape of saw teeth so a double incline is presented by adjacent cams. The rods 5 pass between the teeth or cams 9, and it is obvious that if the cam plate 7 be slid in either direction endwise, the rods will be caused to ride up on the teeth and thereby raise the cleaning devices 4, as indicated in Fig. 3. Such sliding movement of the cam plate is effected by knocking or rapping the end of the same on any solid or resisting medium, such as a bar, board, or post. The tendency of the springs 5 to slide down on the teeth automatically restores the cam plate to its normal position after each blow. If, however, the cam should stick by reason of an accumulation of dirt, it may be driven in the opposite direction by rapping the other end of the same. I thus provide a simple, cheap, but highly efficient attachment for curry-combs whereby the teeth may be instantly relieved of an accumulation of foreign substances by the jar and movement imparted to the cleaner proper, it being entirely unnecessary to use the fingers for the purpose.

It will be understood that I do not in all cases propose to restrict myself to the precise arrangement of the springs, or means for antomatically returning the cleaning devices to the normal position, since it is practicable to effect the same result by various arrangements, it being'the chief essential that the sliding cam shall act on whatever device is employed for connecting the ends of the cleaning devices.

I claim 1. The improved curry-comb consisting of a back, toothed plates attached thereto, cleaning devices applied to said plates and adapted to slide thereon from and toward the back, springs for holding them normally depressed, and a movable cam secured to the back and adapted when actuated to slide the cleaning devices outwardly, substantially as described.

2. The improved curry-comb comprising a back having toothed plates attached, cleaning devices applied to the toothed plates and movable thereon, means for connecting the ends of the same and holding the devices normally retracted, and a slidable cam plate arranged to co-act with said means for actuating the cleaning devices in the manner described.

3. The improved curry-comb comprising a back having toothed plates secured thereto, cleaning devices applied to the said plates and movable thereon, spring rods secured to the back of the curry-comb and passin through the cleaning devices, and a slidable cam plate attached to the back and arranged.

between it and the rods, whereby, when the cam is moved, the rods are separated further from the back, and the cleaning devices therebymoved outward on the toothed plates, substantially as set forth.

4. The improved curry-comb comprising a back having toothed plates secured thereto,

cleaning devices applied to the several plates and comprising metal strips, spring wires secured at their ends to the back of the comb and passing intermediately throughthe end portions of the cleaning devices, a cam plate arranged betweeen the rods and theback of the comb and having the end portions provided with teeth upon whose inclined sides the aforesaid rods are adapted to slide when the cam plate is forced in either direction, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the curry-comb back and teeth of cleaning devices applied to the several teeth and comprising strips arranged on opposite sides of the teeth, means for connecting their ends and holding them normally retracted, and a slidable cam plate arranged adjacent to the back and having means for limiting its endwise movement, the end portions of the plate being provided with teeth constituting cams adapted to act on the aforesaid means for connecting the cleaning devices, in the manner described.

PATRICK J. FAUGHNAN.

WVitnesses:

CHARLES E. SPoTTs, ANTHONY KANE. 

